Senior Staff Radar Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman • Baltimore, MD

1d • $184,100 - $276,100 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Engineering and Sciences Baltimore and Partnered Sites Division is seeking a Senior Staff Radar Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Architect for its Foundational Systems Engineering department. The position is based in Baltimore/Linthicum, Maryland, and is full-time and onsite. The role focuses on architecting capabilities across multiple programs through advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and environmental interactions. This position is contingent upon contract award, transfer of an active U.S. Government Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain Special Program Access. A U.S. Government Top Secret clearance will be required after hire.

The architect applies modeling, simulation, experimentation, and analysis to advanced systems, using software engineering, data analytics, statistical methods, and high-fidelity physics modeling. The role integrates simulations with operational flight software and test data, supports formal simulation verification, validation, and accreditation, and leads teams in developing and improving MSE&A products and practices. The role also develops simulation architectures and frameworks to support mission analysis, trade studies, proposals, and operational effectiveness assessments.

The position requires U.S. citizenship, an active Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain and maintain SAP access. A final Top Secret clearance is required after hire. The position includes travel approximately 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 14 years of experience, master’s degree and 12 years of experience, or Ph.D. and 10 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Current and active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain a final U.S. Government Top Secret clearance after hire.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access.
• Experience architecting software solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Experience programming in languages such as C/C++, Python, or C shell scripting in Linux and Windows computing environments.
• Domain experience in simulations of Radar/EW/ESM.
• Experience working with digital signal processing and complex-valued signal data.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance or higher.
• Experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience developing, verifying, and validating Radar/EW/ESM modes.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering and Integration & Test processes.
• Experience leading senior staff to unify technical solutions toward program and organizational objectives.
• Experience leading junior contributors and developing the next generation of MSE&A practitioners.
• Experience building customer relationships and inter-agency trust.
• Experience developing real-time and/or reactive simulation software applications.
• Experience in statistics, design of experiments, descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics, or high-performance computing.
• Experience with analytical modeling approaches using the MATLAB environment.
• Familiarity with RF hardware architecture.
• Familiarity with RF firmware architecture.
• Experience with LaTeX, CUDA, cmake, GCC, or other domain-specific languages.

Responsibilities

• Architect delivery of capabilities across multiple programs using advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and environmental interactions.
• Apply modeling, simulation, experimentation, and analysis to advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures, and test-driven development.
• Develop large-scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including design-of-experiments techniques for evaluating system and mission performance.
• Integrate modeling and simulation with operational flight software; collect and analyze laboratory or flight-test data; verify and validate simulation performance against flight-test data; and formally verify models against specified requirements.
• Produce publication-quality reports that establish simulation credibility and provide artifacts supporting formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA).
• Lead teams in solving problems and architecting improvements across MSE&A product lines.
• Perform high-fidelity physics modeling and simulation to inform operational analysis and mission effectiveness.
• Design simulation architectures to support trade studies for emerging contract proposals.
• Develop or integrate system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models, and command-and-control models.
• Model operational environments, conduct trade studies through computer simulation, and recommend alternative architectures.
• Simulate real-time operations and develop software that simulates system behavior.
• Architect ecosystems and tools that aggregate large simulation output datasets into deliverable visual formats.
• Define and propagate MSE&A best practices through adoption of new tools across programs.

Benefits

• Health plan and health insurance coverage
• Savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Company-paid holidays
• Education assistance
• Training and development
• Life and disability insurance
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position
• 9/80 work schedule where available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior